Once Upon A Time

 

Scene 5

HOPE
Helena is going to tell Demetrius that Hermia & Lysander are running away to elope? Are you sure these girls are friends?

WISDOM
Yes. But when mortal love is selfish, it discards wisdom, and even close friends.

HOPE
(knowingly) Yes. (pause) So what I am seeing is different types of love. Love between friends, love between lovers, and love between a father & his daughter….

WISDOM
Another story.

HOPE
But I want to know what happens to Hermia & Lysander.

WISDOM
Look.

HOPE
Where? (SIR

RICHARD
enters the stage with his sword. He is deep in thought as he swings his sword about, admiring it.)

HOPE
Who’s that?

WISDOM
That is Sir Richard, a trusted servant of the Great King.

HOPE
Oh.

WISDOM
He is on a journey on the Great King’s highway. He loves his master very much, and will do anything for him.

HOPE
What kind of journey is it?

WISDOM
He is on a very important mission.

HOPE
But where is he going?

WISDOM
It’s not so much where he is going, but how he gets there.